June 14 Holidays

Flag Day commemorates June 14, 1777, when the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag of the United States — a date formally proclaimed a national observance by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. Army Birthday marks June 14, 1775, when the Continental Congress established the Continental Army — now the U.S. Army — the institution that has served since before the nation was officially founded. National Bourbon Day celebrates the American whiskey produced by a mash of at least 51 percent corn, aged in new charred oak containers, and distilled primarily in Kentucky — a process legally defined as a “distinctive product of the United States” by Congress in 1964. Falkland Islands Liberation Day marks June 14, 1982, when Argentine forces surrendered to British troops, ending the ten-week Falklands War. A flag, an army, a charred barrel, and a south Atlantic island.